Why does this site exist?

[iMav]

I am an obsessive person by nature, and when I'm focused on something I want to live, breath, and eat it.  I've been looking for a while for a good online forum to discuss one of my favorite topics, keyboards.  Sure, you can post a topic at Ars Technica's online forum or other similar site, but there just wasn't a place out there to fully share my current obsession.  

It is yet to be determined whether people will gravitate to this site and join in the fun.  I figured I might as well throw it against the proverbial wall and see if it sticks.  

If you have input device resources you'd like to share, projects you'd like to talk about, or simply have some passing questions regarding a particular keyboard (or pointing device), feel free to join in.

[kmiller8]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

[Soarer]

It will never catch on!

[SmallFry]

LOL necrobump.

[WhiteFireDragon]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

How did you even manage to find this fossil thread?

[metalliqaz]

Seriously...

[samwisekoi]

kmiller8 is having a mid-life crisis, remember?  It will be Harleys and blondes before you know it.

Also, he probably switched his prefs to oldest first.

 - Ron I samwisekoi

[alaricljs]

I figured I might as well throw it against the proverbial wall and see if it sticks. 

[Dubsgalore]

holy resurrection

[tp4tissue]

This site exists because there are men whose sole loving relationship is with keyboards.  In that ways these men are also digital womanizers: board to board to board, cap to cap, stripping, lubing, soldering.... it's getting hot in here.

[fohat.digs]

I feel ashamed when I see a grown up man say things like "...a sharp drop at the actuation point at around 2/3 - 3/4 way down the..."

Don't you have anything better to do with your life than yammering away on the minute details of a keyboard? I have both an M and an F that I picked up at goodwill for nothing 15 years ago and for the first time yesterday I googled about them and found 'enthusiast' (here an euphemism for retarded) websites where idiots bounce off the walls telling each other about the orgasms per second they have when using them. And 'using' is an overstatement with 90% of those morons. Most are busy opening them, cleaning the last atom of dirt off them, 'restoring' what doesn't need any restoration, 'upgrading', thinking of names for them, 'modding', taking photos, showing them off, in general jerking off about the clicky sensations and the superb accuracy of their typing and other general uber-dorkiness. What I never found there was anything useful to do with them, ie. actually program a computer.

Go type 'messenger lectures' in youtube and see what smart people look like, then kill yourself disassembling your One True Keyboard(TM) for the nth time and swallowing all the buckling springs.

And then mail one of your remaining model Fs to me.

[SmallFry]

I figured I might as well throw it against the proverbial wall and see if it sticks. 

Hahahahahah! I remember when he posted that video!

[noisyturtle]

ARISE CHICKEN. CHICKEN ARISE!

[The_Beast]

ARISE CHICKEN. CHICKEN ARISE!

Lol, I get this reference

[rowdy]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

How did you even manage to find this fossil thread?

And why weren't there any replies before?

[The_Beast]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

How did you even manage to find this fossil thread?

And why weren't there any replies before?

kmiller8, saver of lost discussions!

[noisyturtle]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

How did you even manage to find this fossil thread?

And why weren't there any replies before?

kmiller8, saver of lost discussions!

Well back in '07 there were really just a handful of GH members.

[rowdy]

I think this site will be a great idea for people to share keyboards and keyboard related devices!

How did you even manage to find this fossil thread?

And why weren't there any replies before?

kmiller8, saver of lost discussions!

Well back in '07 there were really just a handful of GH members.

And they all amassed large collections of cheap CCs and lived happily ever after.

[tricheboars]

hey i like keyboards! can i be a memeber of this new site iMav?

[Tym]

hey i like keyboards! can i be a memeber of this new site iMav?

No Sorry, We're Full

[demik]

holy resurrection

this kmiller character is slowly becoming annoying.

[SpAmRaY]

holy resurrection

this kmiller character is slowly becoming annoying.

I used to think kmiller was a gurl....

[demik]

with the amount of attention he seeks, maybe it is?

[kmiller8]

with the amount of attention he seeks, maybe it is?

you can read me like a book. lolz colonp

[tricheboars]

hey i like keyboards! can i be a memeber of this new site iMav?

No Sorry, We're Full

Darn! put me down on a waiting list. I have some keyboard opinions to force on everyone!

[The_Ed]

This isn't even the oldest thread...

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=3824.msg56896#msg56896

[ApocalypseMaow]

This isn't even the oldest thread...

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=3824.msg56896#msg56896

Holy smokes...

[rowdy]

No replies there either, where was the love for iMav in 2007?

[Tym]

Oh the days when iMav would greet new members!
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=3829.msg56903#msg56903

[rowdy]

Oh the days when iMav would greet new members!
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=3829.msg56903#msg56903

Now that post is a piece of history!

[Input Nirvana]

In 2007 I was moving from San Diego to the bay area and making offers on $1.3 million beach houses left and right on my iPhone from my Jaguar or F350 while driving along the beach and getting laid a lot by sweet young things.

***U.S. financial crisis/meltdown 2008***

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental built in 1896 with a porch that was made into the kitchen in 1915. Oh yea, I joined GH that August. Oh yea, not getting laid nearly as much by anybody, but definitely getting screwed a lot.

[The_Beast]

In 2007 I was moving from San Diego to the bay area and making offers on $1.3 million beach houses left and right on my iPhone from my Jaguar or F350 while driving along the beach and getting laid a lot by sweet young things.

***U.S. financial crisis/meltdown 2008***

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental built in 1896 with a porch that was made into the kitchen in 1915. Oh yea, I joined GH that August. Oh yea, not getting laid nearly as much by anybody, but definitely getting screwed a lot.

TIL, Keyboards **** up your life

[sth]

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental

let's see, summer 2009 i was paying about 100 a month in rent to live in a closet (lowest rent i've paid other than free + utilities).
present day i split a $1600 3 bedroom in west oakland with 4 other people.
you must not have been hit THAT hard

[Input Nirvana]

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental

let's see, summer 2009 i was paying about 100 a month in rent to live in a closet (lowest rent i've paid other than free + utilities).
present day i split a $1600 3 bedroom in west oakland with 4 other people.
you must not have been hit THAT hard

I'll deal with you later, bud.

Hey, got a contact for the $100 closet?

[Input Nirvana]

In 2007 I was moving from San Diego to the bay area and making offers on $1.3 million beach houses left and right on my iPhone from my Jaguar or F350 while driving along the beach and getting laid a lot by sweet young things.

***U.S. financial crisis/meltdown 2008***

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental built in 1896 with a porch that was made into the kitchen in 1915. Oh yea, I joined GH that August. Oh yea, not getting laid nearly as much by anybody, but definitely getting screwed a lot.

TIL, Keyboards **** up your life

Chicks seem to dig the keyboard modding stuff. Of course there were a COUPLE I didn't show it to...they were pretty amazing and I didn't wand to get off track with them. So can't say they would have been as impressed.

[MKULTRA]

In 2007 I was moving from San Diego to the bay area and making offers on $1.3 million beach houses left and right on my iPhone from my Jaguar or F350 while driving along the beach and getting laid a lot by sweet young things.

***U.S. financial crisis/meltdown 2008***

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental built in 1896 with a porch that was made into the kitchen in 1915. Oh yea, I joined GH that August. Oh yea, not getting laid nearly as much by anybody, but definitely getting screwed a lot.

Can't tell if sarcasm.

[y0fate]

kmiller8 is having a mid-life crisis, remember?  It will be Harleys and blondes before you know it.

Also, he probably switched his prefs to oldest first.

 - Ron I samwisekoi

My Mom's post mid-life crisis is now an obsession with Harley's... It is a little strange to go shopping for a gift for your mom at a Harley Davidson store...

[Input Nirvana]

THIS is why this site exists....



This MAKES MY DAY. And why shouldn't it?

THIS is why this site exists....

To be able to be fortunate enough to just have the OPPORTUNITY to interact, engage, network, learn, share, entertain/be entertained, be shocked and amazed, and let's face is...sometimes get free ****, right here on this not-so-humble-anymore forum.

THIS is why this site exists...

Enjoying and partaking with creative, obsessive (what's wrong with that?), interesting, motivated, talented, generous, quirky, people with an admittedly somewhat unusual interest of input devices mostly mechanical switch keyboards. But it makes total sense. 99% of people use keyboards, most people use them more than they want to, only because they HAVE to, and mechanical keyboards are the equivalent of the highest end cars (sort of, gimmie a break here).

THIS is why this site exists...

If you want to get a real kick in the pants, start meeting GH'rs. I have met a few one-on-one in Silicon Valley over the years. Some don't post but lurk on occasion. I'm on good terms and touch base because of respect, interest, concern, and I like them. Going to the second GH meet up in the bay area recently let me get some face time with a group, which is a completely unique experience and you can't buy that anywhere.

THIS is why this site exists...

I have personally received an outpouring of support by numerous people during a very difficult and scary time. The offers were unsolicited, and generous. Employment offers, offers to do work for me in an unpaid capacity, advice, moral support, and a general expression of well wishing which can go a long way.

THIS is why this site exists...

We, individually and collectively made many mistakes on and with this site and to the community, and in spite of these mistakes, this site has flourished. GH could have done more, but it certainly could be less than it is now. Many people have taken ownership here in our little virtual world. Some not so positive (like an idiot little brother that eats boogers you tolerate because you have too) but almost all are positive, contribute, build, have a goal, move forward, and have a common vision and path with others and create this community.

THIS is why this site exists...

R.I.P. those that have moved on, voluntarily or not, it was really something. Thanks for the memories, the good times and some of the bad. Thanks for who and what you are/have been, and what you have done for me and others here. I challenge all to see what can be made with what has been started here. This is barely the beginning...there are no limits. Have a dream, make a plan, share it, enlist others, make it happen.

THIS is why this site exists...

You are here.

THIS is why this site exists.

[rowdy]

Very well said

Definitely +1

(Except the bit about boogers.)

[iri]

super nice cup!

[sth]

Summer 2009 found me living in a $1700 mo. crappy beach rental

let's see, summer 2009 i was paying about 100 a month in rent to live in a closet (lowest rent i've paid other than free + utilities).
present day i split a $1600 3 bedroom in west oakland with 4 other people.
you must not have been hit THAT hard

I'll deal with you later, bud.

Hey, got a contact for the $100 closet?

that was one of the gnarliest houses i ever lived in. the house itself was actually beautiful but the combination of tenants turned it into one of the grossest scummiest metalhead/punk dude houses i've ever seen. in fact, as it was on Humboldt street, it earned itself the nickname Scumboldt.

the guy who was supposed to be paying the garbage bill never paid it ONCE over a 2 year period and they eventually stopped picking it up... the back porch pretty much turned into a dump. i still love that man like a brother.

god i miss that place.

[Input Nirvana]

super nice cup!

Got it in Houston

...god i miss that place.

I miss it and I wasn't even there!

[fanpeople]

So why does this site exist again?

[xondat]

So why does this site exist again?

So we can reawaken the dead.

[rowdy]

Fleetwood Mac.

[Sifo]

duno, delete it

[jerue]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

complaining


more $

[Altis]

What's crazy is OP is still an active member. Coming up on a decade before you know it.

[fohat.digs]

What's crazy is OP is still an active member.

iMav is Geekhack.

[Sifo]

Heard he's still rekin walls and checking smoke detectors.